Hair-cutting comb



- 1,623,292 1927 A. M. wmoows HAIR CUTTING COMB Original Filed May 5. 1924 4mm /7. mpoows Patented Apr. 5, 1927.

ANNA M. wrunows, ornxaon, on o naiacfo'r'rmo cor/LB. I

Application -fi1ed- May 8, 1-924, -Seria1- No. 710,788. Renewed September 18, 1926.

This invention relatesto combs for use in haircutting and particularly to a comb especially adapted for bobbing the hair .of women and children. p p

The purposes oi the invention, in general, is to provide a comb structure avhere'by the so-called shi:ngle,. Parisienne or boyish bob may be imparted to the hair of a person without requiring the employment of a skilled beauty culturist or barber. V

A particular object of the invention 1s to provide a comb structure which has teeth so shapedas to form a guide for the shears whereby the desired length is imparted to the 7 hair at various portions of the head. For

example, in cutting the .shingle bob the comb is so formed that the shears, if operated against the comb, will out the hair short at the lower part of the head andwill gradually out less and less of the hair off toward the upper part of the head,

Another object of the invention is to provide teeth of peculiar shape, substantially as fiat blades of considerable area between which the hair is adapted to lie andto provide prongs on the said blades adapted to plow into the hair to guide it between the blades into proper position for cutting.

I Another object of the invention is to provide a construction, as described above,

which is normally of a shape adapted to fit.

from ear to car around the back of the head and which is made of flexible material so formed that it may be slightly straightened out from its normal shape, applied to the head in the slightly straightened condition and bepermitted to flex back into contact with the head.

The aboveiand'other objects will become apparent when the following detailed description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings in which the invention 7 is illustrated in its preferred form, it being understood that the appended claims are not wholly limited to the specific form of the invention shown and described.

Of the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view showing the manner of applying a comb embodying the invention to a persons head in preparation for cutting; Figure 2 is a top plan view of a comb embodying the invention; and

Figure 3 is a section on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings, the comb,

which is'prei'erablyof celluloid orother fle xlble material, comprises substantially a pin-- cumferentialseries of blade-like teeth 10,10

formed in this instance of substantially right-triangular shape, the teeth lObeingconnected: together preferably by being int-e graliy formed onto a web or ban-(111 at their lower acute angles. The band 11 is so shaped as to be adapted to embrace the back of a persons neck and one edge or arm 12 of the blade 10 is adapted to lie in contact with the backof the persons head, the other edge or arm 13 extending at right angles thereto. The third edge or hypotenuse 14 of each blade 10 is so formed as to provide a gage or guide for shears whereby hair lying between the blades as shown in Figure 1 may be cut to the desired length at different portions of the head, the comb shown in the drawing being adapted to cut, the hair short at the neck and gradually longer toward the top of the head. I 3

In order to guide the hair between the blades 10, a prong 15 is formed on each blade so as to project upwardly therefrom, in efieot as a continuation of the edge 12 of the blade, the prongs'15 being formed substantially as the prongs of celluloid hair pins are usually formed. -The prongs 15 are adapted to plow 'into'the hair to divide it into strands extending as shown in Figure 1 between the blades 10.

It is to be noted that the comb is not normally in the form'of a true circle but is flattened to substantially elliptical shape so as to fit against the back of the neck. In practice combs of several sizes will necessarily be employed as the length of the are from ear to ear about the necks of difierent 95 persons will vary. Also combs will be formed with blades of different shapes and dimensions for fitting larger and smaller beads and for imparting various types of bobs to the hair. 7 i

In operation, the hair of the personhaving preferably been thoroughly washed and dried so as to be flufl'y is thoroughly combed with an ordinary comb. The comb of the invention is then flexed to somewhat flat condition and is run upwardly into the hair as illustrated in Figure 1,-with the band 11 being held against the neck. ,The prongs 15 divide the hair into strands extending between the blades 10. Shears are then operated against the-edge or hypotenuse 14 comprising a band adapted to fit against the backbf: a persons neekya series-of bladeferming eontjen uatio ns of said edges, said like 7 teeth formed 1 011' the band and" having edgesiadapted to contact With the back of; thepersonshead, aseries ofprongs in elfeet' blades having other edgesextendihg at an angle upwardly-from the band.

L2. A comb of the character described,

comprising a Series of blade-like teeth hav i ing edges adapted to engage the back of a persons' head, prongs on the blades in ef feet forming contin'uation's. of said edges, and other edges on said blades at an acute angle to the first-named edges.

3. A comb of v the. charaetefv described,

comprising a series of blade-like teeth which are substantmlly trlangular' in shape,v sa1d teeth being arranged in closelyspaced relatlon and prongs 0n sa-l'd blades 'i'ol'nnn'g, 1n

elleet; c'ontinuations of corresponding edges of theblades.v V V AN AM-WID OWS. 

